{UAH} DEMAND MOUNTS FOR TRUMP TO GET SAME PROTECTIOND S BIDEN

Demands mount for Trump to get same protection as Biden — after yet another assassination plot

By Steven Nelson

Published Sep. 15, 2024, 6:24 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump urgently needs enhanced Secret Service protection after a suspect was arrested Sunday in another apparent assassination attempt on the Republican nominee, Trump’s political supporters demanded Sunday.

The would-be assassin, identified as 58-year-old Ryan Routh of Hawaii, was detained after a Secret Service agent spotted the barrel of his AK-47 style rifle through a chain link fence on the outskirts of Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach.

The ex-president, 78, was on the course at the time. Authorities have yet to determine if the shooter squeezed off any shots at Trump.

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The FBI released pictures of the suspect’s backpack and rifle.FBI

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An evidence box which may contain the rifle used to during the shooting near Trump International Golf Club.MEGA

“It is inexplicable that this happened again. President Trump needs the same, if not more, Secret Service protection than a sitting President,” Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) tweeted shortly after the attack.

“There have been TWO attempts on Trump’s life. Secret Service must up their level of protection of him to their FULL capabilities — including expanding the perimeter,” wrote House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.).

Vivek Ramaswamy, the former Republican presidential candidate and a possible Trump Cabinet appointee, tweeted: “I’m calling on Secret Service to IMMEDIATELY step up its protection for President Trump to the *same* level they provide to Biden, there’s no excuse not to at this point.”

Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw indicated that Trump’s security was lighter because he’s not the sitting commander-in-chief.

“At this level that he is at right now, he’s not the sitting president. If he was, we would have had this entire golf course around it. But because he’s not, security is limited to the areas that the Secret Service deems possible,” Bradshaw said at a press conference.

“I would imagine that the next time he comes to a golf course, there’ll probably be a little bit more people around the perimeter. But the Secret Service did exactly what they should have done.”

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A suspect in the attack was arrested and is in custody.

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The former president was playing golf when the assassination attempt was made.MEGA for NY Post

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Palm Beach County Sherriff Ric Bradshaw said security was not at the same level it would be if Trump was a sitting president.AFP via Getty Images

A gun scope and a GoPro camera were recovered in the bushes, indicating the shooter may have intended to shoot Trump from a distance and film his actions.

Trump previously was shot by would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, on July 13 at a rally in Butler, Pa., when Crooks climbed on an unguarded roof just over 100 yards from Trump’s lectern. 

The ex-president’s ear was grazed with a bullet and a fellow rally-goer was killed in that attack.

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Calls are growing for more security for the former president after a second assassination attempt in two months.AP

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claimed July 15 that his agency, which includes the Secret Service, was in the process of enhancing protection for Trump.

“Both prior to and after the events of this past weekend, the Secret Service enhanced former President Trump’s protection based on the evolving nature of threats to the former president and his imminent shift from presumptive nominee to nominee. This includes enhancements related to securing the former president during the Republican National Convention this week,” Mayorkas said at a White House briefing. 

“I cannot discuss specifics of the protection or the enhancements made, as they involve sensitive tactics and procedures,” the DHS chief said at the time. “I can say, however, that personnel and other protective resources, technology, and capabilities have been added.”

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